Maria Daines
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10/27/2006 10:18:52 AM
More bears rescued at Animals Asia Foundation, update 1
Hi All,
I have some great news; today (after many weeks of negotiations) has seen the arrival of another 12 bears to our rescue centre in Chengdu. Details from China are sketchy at the moment but below is an email sent to me from Jill just a couple of hours ago. Jill will be sending over more details towards the weekend and I will of course provide you all with the update as it comes in.
Best Wishes,
Dave
Jill wrote:
Hi everyone...... not sure where to start with this but, today, as always in these rescues, another series of highs, lows and broken hearts. Twelve bears joined our family this morning - all in impossibly small cages, all skeletal, wounded in various ways, and terrified of what will happen in this next stage of their lives. Two are blind, some missing limbs, most free drip with some leaking bile and pus, shattered teeth, worn and scarred heads and bodies from bar rubbing, and out of their minds with fear.
Emergency health checks start tomorrow but, already, there are three bears we are seriously worried about and honestly doubt will survive. Will start to log them properly from the morning and come back to you all with a proper update but, for now, I want to thank Toby for bringing those bears home, Howard and his amazing team of workers who offloaded the bears so professionally and in record time, Gail and our fabulous vet team and volunteers, Christie, Rainbow and all in PR, the Security team, kitchen staff who cooked up a storm of food for the team out of hours, and of course Tom who so patiently organised the various departments to back us all up throughout today.
Outside of the fact that the bears came home, another positive today was the unexpected visit from a Government official - genuinely shocked with what she saw and offering advice in both a practical way - and from the heart - of how she can help. More later as we start to work through health checks and surgeries over the next few days, Jillx
Dave Neale
UK Director
Animals Asia Foundation
Find out more about our historic China Bear Rescue and Friends or Food? projects by visiting the Animals Asia Foundation website at http://www.animalsasia.org
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